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Misa Shin, Executive Director of Art Fair Tokyo, talks about the history of the fair and the strengths and weaknesses of the Japanese art market.

Chris Palmieri talks to the New York-based type designer behind some prominent newspaper and magazine covers.

Ingrid of the artistic personality known as “IngridMwangiRobertHutter” talks about the myth around it and the installation she brought from Germany for the “Goth” exhibition.

Akiyoshi Mishima might be better known as a member of artist group Enlightenment, but he also works on his own. TAB talked with Mishima in a noisy square of the Shanghai’s artist village during the ShContemporary 2007 Art Fair.

TAB talks to English artist Jane Dixon, who is holding her second exhibition at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP.

An interview with Sidney Pink, a Japan-based American artist, whose show “The Vostok 40″ is currently being held at the Pink Cow in Shibuya.

Yukihiro Taguchi, artist and recent winner of the International Art Triennale organized by the Osaka University of Arts, tells TAB about the concepts behind his singular works and inspirations that keep sustaining his artistic activities.

Nakako Hayashi, the woman behind Here and There magazine, which has just released its seventh issue, tells TAB about the ideas behind its distinctive approach.

The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art presents “Pipilotti Rist: Karakara,” part retrospective, part themed show, for the Swiss artist’s museum-scaled solo exhibit.

TAB took a look around ShContemporary 2007, Asia’s newest art fair.

In September, TAB and artfacts.net talked to Lorenzo Rudolf, director of ShContemporary Art Fair in Shanghai.

Mana Konishi’s exhibition “nowhere in particular” is currently showing at Arataniurano and Dai-Ichi Life Gallery. She invited TAB to her studio to talk about her working process, and the current exhibitions.

Keiichi Tanaami works in animation, painting, and sculpture. Goldfish are a common motif in all of these media. Tokyo Art Beat talked to Tanaami before the opening of his exhibition “Daydream” at Nazuka Gallery to learn why goldfish play such an important role in his work.

Artist and illustrator Tomoko Konoike talks to TAB about her background in animation and her “Tokyo Wolfing Project” design.

Hidechika and Tetsuya Tsukada talk to TAB about the interlocking typography of their “Yin & Yang Tokyo” design.

Author Roland Kelts talks about the challenges facing the manga and anime industries as explained in his new book, Japanamerica, due in paperback this November.

TAB caught up with Jeffrey Rosen from the Taka Ishii Gallery at ShContemporary, Shanghai’s new art fair.

‘Digital’ doesn’t mean a culture or anything to me…’ Takeshi Murata discusses art and life in the digital age.

Hiroharu Mori, who is showing at the Venice Biennale, talks about how living between cultures has influenced his work.

A look at the work inside the Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Masao Okabe is currently representing Japan at the Venice Biennale. Naokin talks to the artist and commissioner Chihiro Minato about the concepts behind the exhibition.

Designer and illustrator Shantell tells TAB how the little surprises she finds on Tokyo’s streets inspired her “On the March” design.

Curator Roger McDonald talks about the educational programmes run at Arts Initiative Tokyo and the future of museums in Japan.

Built in 1972, the Nakagin Capsule Building has been an icon of Tokyo’s postwar architectural landscape, and yet has been poorly maintained. It now potentially faces demolition.

Clémentine Deliss talks about Future Academy and the eleventh edition of Metronome, produced in Tokyo for documenta 12 magazines.

TAB talks to the woman behind the “Dollar vs Yen” design.

TAB caught up with painter and sculptor Izumi Kato at the Venice Biennale, where he talked to us about the ideas behind his work.

The Refugee Film Festival is taking place at four venues across Tokyo from July 18th to 26th. TAB talked to festival director Kirill Konin.

Kirill Konin talks about some of the films that can help us understand the lives of refugees.

An interview with Tomas Reyes